Playing a sound longer than 5 seconds

[Anke]

This has been discussed many times, so next time please search the forum first.

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Sound plays only for 5 secs

Hi, I'm developing a countdown timer with sound (clock ticking), the length of the audio is 18 secs, but the sound in the app plays only for 5 secs and the stops... What is the issue with that..? Plz help